diff --git a/xload/async.go b/xload/async.go
index 41092dc..00a4e8d 100644
--- a/xload/async.go
+++ b/xload/async.go
@@ -7,8 +7,30 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/conc/pool"
 )
 
+func processConcurrently(ctx context.Context, v any, opts *options) error {
+	doneCh := make(chan struct{}, 1)
+	defer close(doneCh)
+
+	p := pool.New().WithErrors().WithMaxGoroutines(opts.concurrency).WithContext(ctx).WithCancelOnError()
+
+	err := processAsync(p, opts, opts.loader, v, func() {
+		doneCh <- struct{}{}
+	})
+
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return ctx.Err()
+	case <-doneCh:
+		return err
+	}
+}
+
 //nolint:funlen,nestif
-func processAsync(ctx context.Context, obj any, o *options, loader Loader) error {
+func processAsync(p *pool.ContextPool, o *options, loader Loader, obj any, cb func()) error {
+	if cb != nil {
+		defer cb()
+	}
+
 	v := reflect.ValueOf(obj)
 
 	if v.Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
@@ -22,8 +44,6 @@ func processAsync(ctx context.Context, obj any, o *options, loader Loader) error
 
 	typ := value.Type()
 
-	p := pool.New().WithErrors().WithMaxGoroutines(o.concurrency)
-
 	for i := 0; i < typ.NumField(); i++ {
 		fTyp := typ.Field(i)
 		fVal := value.Field(i)
@@ -79,7 +99,9 @@ func processAsync(ctx context.Context, obj any, o *options, loader Loader) error
 			// if the struct has a key, load it
 			// and set the value to the struct
 			if meta.name != "" && hasDecoder(fVal) {
-				loadAndSet := func(original reflect.Value, fVal reflect.Value, isNilStructPtr bool) error {
+				loadAndSet := func(
+					ctx context.Context, original reflect.Value, fVal reflect.Value, isNilStructPtr bool,
+				) error {
 					val, err := loader.Load(ctx, meta.name)
 					if err != nil {
 						return err
@@ -102,9 +124,7 @@ func processAsync(ctx context.Context, obj any, o *options, loader Loader) error
 
 				original := value.Field(i)
 
-				p.Go(func() error {
-					return loadAndSet(original, fVal, isNilStructPtr)
-				})
+				p.Go(func(ctx context.Context) error { return loadAndSet(ctx, original, fVal, isNilStructPtr) })
 
 				continue
 			}
@@ -114,7 +134,7 @@ func processAsync(ctx context.Context, obj any, o *options, loader Loader) error
 				pld = PrefixLoader(meta.prefix, loader)
 			}
 
-			err := processAsync(ctx, fVal.Interface(), o, pld)
+			err := processAsync(p, o, pld, fVal.Interface(), nil)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -128,7 +148,7 @@ func processAsync(ctx context.Context, obj any, o *options, loader Loader) error
 			return ErrInvalidPrefix
 		}
 
-		loadAndSet := func(fVal reflect.Value) error {
+		loadAndSet := func(ctx context.Context, fVal reflect.Value) error {
 			// lookup value
 			val, err := loader.Load(ctx, meta.name)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -148,9 +168,11 @@ func processAsync(ctx context.Context, obj any, o *options, loader Loader) error
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		p.Go(func() error {
-			return loadAndSet(fVal)
-		})
+		p.Go(func(ctx context.Context) error { return loadAndSet(ctx, fVal) })
+	}
+
+	if cb == nil {
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	return p.Wait()
diff --git a/xload/load.go b/xload/load.go
index 5e0a130..32b6cb4 100644
--- a/xload/load.go
+++ b/xload/load.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func Load(ctx context.Context, v any, opts ...Option) error {
 	o := newOptions(opts...)
 
 	if o.concurrency > 1 {
-		return processAsync(ctx, v, o, o.loader)
+		return processConcurrently(ctx, v, o)
 	}
 
 	return process(ctx, v, o.tagName, o.loader)